The Andrew Hines Real Estate Investing Podcast

In E051, Mark Loeffler gives a compelling interview on how to win at a large scale in not only real estate, but entrepreneurship in general. Mark is the published author of two very well estatblished Canadian real estate investing books and Mark is constantly finding success in his ventures. It was a real treat for me to interview Mark because not only am I keenly interested in multifamily real es...

In E049, George Dube (Author, CA, Real Estate Investor) discusses the advantages and disadvantages to various tax structures as well as the answers to commonly asked 'accounting' and tax question relevant to individuals who are investing in Canada. George is a very well established Real Estate Investor himself with over 80 doors in his portfolio and 'a couple hundred' self storage units. Needless...

In E047, Mike Johnson joined me to share his story as both a real estate investor and high-performance agent with Keller Williams on the Mackay Realty Network team. Mike has shown his real estate skills lately with three purchases in three months, and a BRRRR in which he pulled out all money invested PLUS $100,000. He's presently at 11 doors and has done this in addition to closing 52 deals in his...

In E046, Jose Jafferji talks about his flipping business in Toronto Ontario. Jose started investing back in 2007 after watching far too many HGTV 'flip this house' type of specials and he was determined to get involved. Unfortunately his first deal didn't go all that smoothly and he ended up losing $7000. However, the process and the experience were extremely valuable to Jose and it helped him to...

In E045, Dave Liburdi talks 'shop' about investing in the Niagara Region. A seasoned investor of 10+ years and 12 properties, Dave isn't afraid to try new things. He 'cut his teeth' with student rentals and has since moved into commercial, multifamily and, most recently, a vacation rental. To his credit, Dave seems to find a way to prove the concept on every type of investment he tries and I thoro...

In E044, Kory Mackinnon gave us pure gold with a detailed discussion about development, building, wholesaling and finding the very best off-market deals for his own investments so that he can grow more sustainably. Kory talked through his current project which involved turning an old Church that he bought for $150,000 and is turning into a $5,000,000 apartment building. This is no small task and h...

In E043, Melanie and Dave Dupuis discuss their real estate investment strategy that involves NO use of joint-venture partnerships. While Joint-ventures can be a handy tool, it's great to see investors that are finding creative ways to keep all of their equity. If I'm recalling correctly Dave and Melanie are the first guests I've had on the show with 100 or more doors and no joint venture partners....

In E042, Mandy Branham discusses how she's acquired 75 properties over the past 5 years into her portfolio by using effective joint venture partnerships. With 75 properties and many different partners Mandy needs to keep organized and I hit her with some serious questions to learn how she makes it happen and continues to grow. During the interview Mandy discussed how she does do duplex conversions...

In E040, Sahil Jaggi speak of his journey from immigrant to Investment Banker to sales rep to realtor who has acquired $14,000,000 in real estate. Sahil immigrated from India at the age of 18 and went to university at Wilfred Laurier university here in Ontario. Sahil started working as an investment banker in New York City but realized that he did not want that lifestyle and came back to Canada. H...

In E039, Rav Toor shares his story of going from bring kicked out of three high schools, getting into acting and sharing sets with Mark Wahlberg, Daniel Craig and the like and then getting into real estate as a realtor, investor and television personality (Rav hosts Everyday Investor on CityTV which airs on Saturdays and Sundays). Rav has been investing since he co-oped at a real estate brokerage...

In E038, Erwin Szeto talks all about his "wealth hacking" strategies that focus in and around real estate, 'naked put' stock option investing and business ownership. Erwin is an entrepreneur and salesperson to his core. He's ambitious and pushes himself at all times. This is extremely clear because of the fact that he landed Grant Cardone to come speak at his Wealth Hacker conference here in Toron...

In E037, Shawn Rea gave an update of what he's been up to since he appeared in episode E020. In only about 4 months time Shawn has made multiple more moves and adjusted his strategy to include even more BRRRRs, including the kind where he pulls ALL of his money back out to be in for ZERO and still keep the property. His current strategy is now including an AirBnB component in which he is acquiring...

In E036, Alfonso Salemi and I had a very candid talk about the pros and cons of rent to own investing and how it can be done to minimize risk. While there's no risk-free investments, Alfonso makes a compelling argument for why Rent-to-Own real estate investing is a compelling option. It's a true win-win-win the way that Alfonso proposes it because he is always looking out for this tenant buyers, h...

In E035, Sarah Larbi discusses how she became a BRRRR real estate investing expert and built her personal brand. Sarah works full time, co-runs a meet-up group called The REITE Club, co-hosts the REITE Club Podcast, hosts the Where Should I Invest Podcast and gets up at 4AM to help get it all done inside her typical day. Sarah is a machine and she outlines one of the deals she's recently done in w...

In E034, Mark Baltazar speaks of his experience going from a person that has flipped 20 properties between 2015 and 2018 to a person who is savvy enough to acquire multifamily real estate at an aggressive and impressive number. To date Mark has purchased 3 multifamily buildings and has plan of doing many more. He's constantly evaluating deals and crunching the numbers to make sure that he's ready...

In E033, Michal Wach digs into his current duplex conversion in which he's projecting to make 48% return on investment. He also discusses his 10 year journey in real estate investment that just wasn't moving as quickly as he wanted to. Michal explained to me that when he got himself a real estate investor realtor that showed him systems and a relevant, current approach that was working, his progre...

In E032, Emma Pace, a prominent Toronto Realtor with expertise in selling and investing in condos, discusses the current market conditions, the changing tides with pre construction and resale units, how to find cash flow opportunities and under-market value units even on listed properties. Emma is a high-performer and wasted no time establishing herself as a top player realtor in the downtown Toro...

In E031 Jon Schoeller gives an update on what he's been up to since E014 back in April. Jon talks shop in this episode by breaking out the numbers on one of his recent deals where he and his wife earned 18,000 on their passive investment in his investment company in only 3.5 months. On the active side, Jon runs the company with his two partners as a full time job and is constantly putting winning...

In E030, Savio Almeida discusses his extremely unique investing system. Simply put, he lives in Windsor and commutes to Detroit MI to flip properties. For most Canadians this will probably sounds like a lot of work but Sav makes it look easy. He's on track to complete his 13th flip this year which will represent approximately 17 transactions completed in his first two years as a real estate invest...

In E029, Jeff Woods discusses his rags to riches story of how he started investing at the age of 23, skinned his knee a few times, got a coach, and then learned how to grow his portfolio from 0 to 100 between 2007 and 2013. I personally love how Jeff focuses on mindset and how that had allowed him to grow. Jeff specially talks about how his family taught him what NOT to do and that he had to learn...

In E028, Jon Kepler walks through his real estate journey which began in the small southern Ontario town of Owen Sound. With a relatively sparsely populated area to call his investment home, Jon handles the trial and tribulations along with the benefits. Jon has called himself a high cash-flow and high cap rate investor and he told a story of how he created his financial at the age of 25, nearly 1...

In E027, Dan Chiappetta tells his amazing and inspiring story of getting started young in real estate investing. Very few people buy a house before they even graduate school but Dan did. At the age of 21 years old, Dan bought his first investment property with one of his friends, having his parents as co signer, and proceeded to flip that house for $85,000 personal profit. When I heard this I had...

In E026, Scott Zandbergen talks shop about rent to own, duplex conversions, landlording for success (landlord hacks) and how to manage the tenanting process for minimal time invested. Scott only started investing in real estate in 2014 after reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad and he's never looked back since. His initial investment property of choice was a "rent-to-own", which is an investment strategy wh...

In E025 of the Andrew Hines Real Estate Investing Podcast, Ken Bekendam talks shop about how to convert single family homes into duplexes. Drawing on his background in creating building design blueprints and also general contracting projects, Ken has used his experience to both grow his own real estate portfolio and also to help other real estate investors grow their own portfolios through design...

In E023, Matt McKeever discusses his journey to 58 units and financial independence. Matt retired from his job at the age of 31 years old with approximately 15 rental units and then continued to build his portfolio through seeking mentorship and networking with fellow investors. Matt has a passion for learning and consuming content and has also spent a massive amount of this time giving back to hi...